The UN investigators said on Monday they had found more mass graves in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where tribal militias are battling security forces.
Oil tanker drivers in Nigeria have announced an end to their strike. They had gone on strike on Monday agitating over poor working conditions and roads.
Congolese police deployed heavily across the capital Kinshasa on Monday as opposition calls for a general strike after a breakdown in talks with President Joseph Kabila's allies last week raised fears of renewed violence.
An Indian commercial ship has been hijacked by Pirates off the coast of Somalia. A former government anti-piracy official told Reuters on Monday that the vessel is heading towards the shore.
Relatives of persons who were allegedly brutalized or killed under former Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh say they are still devastated by the ordeal they suffered.
South Africa's main opposition party said on Sunday that it had charged a provincial leader with misconduct after she posted on Twitter that colonialism had brought benefits including clean water
